Lukaku Endorses Henry To Become Belgium’s Next Head Coach

On-loan Romalu Lukaku, a striker for Chelsea, has endorsed Thierry Henry to succeed Roberto Martinez as coach of Belgium.

Six years after his appointment, Martinez resigned as head coach after the Red Devils’ shocking group-stage elimination from the World Cup in Qatar.

Martinez should be replaced, according to Lukaku, who is presently on a season-long loan at his old team Inter Milan.

According to him, Henry is the best choice to lead Belgium forward.

In light of this, he spoke to Sky Italy, iterating:

“For me Henry is the next coach of Belgium. There are no doubts, I say it openly: he will be the next coach.”

“He has the respect of all the players, he has won everything. He knows how to coach, he knows what we have to do to get there.

“He knows the team, the league, the staff. For me, he is the ideal coach for our national team.

“[If it isn’t Henry] then I don’t know who they will hire. But I don’t think Belgium should start from scratch.

“So far this generation hasn’t won but we have to keep trying to win. He wants to win, and I don’t think the federation is going to get a coach who wants to change everything and start from scratch. It’s not worth it to me.”

Since 2016, Henry has worked as Martinez’s assistant, however, he left in 2018 to focus on becoming the head coach of Monaco and Montreal Impact.

In 2021, in front of the postponed Euro 2020 and the buildup to Qatar, he returned to the Belgium dugout.

Martinez was in command of Belgium during their so-called “golden generation” period, however, he was unable to win any awards.

Most recently, Belgium’s disastrous performance in Qatar caused Martinez to leave after they were eliminated by eventual champions Italy in the quarterfinals of the European Championships.

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